LEO BONACASA Bio I am a lifelong resident of Oceanside (OHS’79). My wife Jill and I have four children, three that have benefited from the excellent Oceanside school district and are … more

The Herald encourages residents to approve the 2013-14 school district budget in next Tuesday’s election. The spending plan is a reasonable one, with measured increases in key areas. There is … more

With the New York state tests done and gone, Rockville Centre School District administrators were able to get a look at the exams and see, first hand, how difficult they were for students. … more

Wilson School recently completed its annual PTA-sponsored Read-a-thon. Over a two-week period, Wilson students read more than 41,000 minutes. The students who raised the most money in their … more

On April 30, South Side High School hosted an event that called on both students and teachers alike to make all students feel accepted and safe at the school. According to Nicole Knorr, a SSHS … more

South Side High School’s Centre Stage held a basketball shootout fundraiser on April 24. Centre Stage gives special education and general education kids the chance to work together to put on a … more

“Homecoming” usually conjures images of colorful parade floats and hard-fought football games, but for the students, faculty and staff of East Rockaway and Lawrence high schools, the term has a more basic meaning: the return to their respective school buildings after months of repair following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. more

Nearly five months after the second-deadliest school shooting in American history, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services unveiled a high-tech surveillance center in Westbury that will allow police and security officials to monitor school video feeds 24 hours a day, seven days a week. more

With the approval of the $45.9 million bond last week, the Rockville Centre School District is already starting the process of improving the buildings, with work scheduled to begin this summer. … more

The Rockville Centre School District’s scientists-in-training came out in droves last week for the South Side High School annual Science Fair on March 20. Students displayed their research for … more